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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffer outage, shows Downdetector; services now restored, says Meta

After its social media apps, Facebook and Instagram, went down, affecting thousands of users, Meta Platforms has announced that the services have been restored and are now functioning normally. At the peak of the disruption, around 20,000 users reported difficulties accessing these platforms and Meta's messaging service, WhatsApp.The number of outage reports reduced to less than 500 by 6:30 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector. Meta also resolved issues with its Ads Manager, the advertising tool for Facebook ads. Source link
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Facebook breaks DOWN, shows random spam posts from celebrities

Facebook has reportedly gone down for thousands of users across the world with a weird bug – it is showing random spam posts from celebrities. Facebook has gone down for thousands of users across the world and it is causing strange issues. Based on several user complaints on social media as well as Downdetector, it seems the issue is widespread. Several users have complained of Facebook showing weird spam posts from popular celebrity accounts around the world. The issue started at around 11:00 AM this morning and by 1 PM, it peaked. Facebook is yet to release any statement regarding the weird bug.The issue was first reported internationally and eventually several users from India complained of the same. However, we accessed ...